This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 31 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is one way to reduce overpopulation? A) Improving access to education and family planning. B) Increasing the birth rate. C) Encouraging immigration. D) Building more houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Improving access to education and family planning. 2. Country with highest sex ratio- A) Japan. B) Norway. C) Qatar. D) Latvia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latvia. 3. Which stage of the demographic transition model holds a high birth and death rate, and a consistently low population? A) High Stationary (Stage 1). B) Early Expanding (Stage 2). C) Low Stationary (Stage 4). D) Declining (Stage 5). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High Stationary (Stage 1). 4. What does sparse distribution mean A) A large number of people in an area. B) Lots of people in one part, and not many in another part of an area. C) Few people in an area. D) Empty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Few people in an area. 5. The first water treatment plant was built in ..... ? A) Abu Dhabi in the 1970s. B) Abu Dhabi in the 1980s. C) Abu Dhabi in the 1960s. D) Abu Dhabi in the 1950s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abu Dhabi in the 1960s. 6. Fill in the blank: ..... is the number of deaths per year for every 1000 people. A) Birth Rate. B) Life Expectancy. C) Infant Mortality Rate. D) Crude Death Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crude Death Rate. 7. What is the term for the average number of children born per woman (aged 15-49)? A) Total Fertility Rate. B) Crude Birth Rate. C) Infant Mortality Rate. D) Life Expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Total Fertility Rate. 8. Which of the following terms describes an area with a low population density? A) Developed country. B) Developing country. C) Urban area. D) Rural area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rural area. 9. Explain the significance of studying population dynamics. A) Population dynamics is solely about historical data analysis. B) Studying population dynamics is irrelevant to climate change. C) Population dynamics only focuses on animal behavior. D) Population dynamics is significant for predicting trends, managing resources, and informing public health and economic strategies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population dynamics is significant for predicting trends, managing resources, and informing public health and economic strategies. 10. What is the amount of average children needed for a population to achieve ZPG? A) 2.1 per woman. B) 1 per woman. C) 2.5 per woman. D) 3 per woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.1 per woman. 11. What is the term for a person who moves permanently to a new country? A) Immigrant. B) Expatriate. C) Refugee. D) Tourist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigrant. 12. Determine whether each characteristic is an economic force of free enterprise, socialist, or communist economic systems:People have a right to own private property. A) Free Enterprise. B) Socialist. C) Communist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free Enterprise. 13. Which consequence can result from a growing population in a city? A) Empty schools and clinics remain unused. B) Crowded housing and strained services. C) Permanent drop in energy demand. D) Fewer jobs due to less business. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crowded housing and strained services. 14. What term refers to people who move out of or exit a country? A) Population Pyramid. B) Population Structure. C) Emigrants. D) Immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emigrants. 15. When interpreting a population density map, which area is likely to appear most densely populated? A) Regions with rugged mountains and limited arable land. B) Areas with abundant freshwater, fertile soil, and major cities. C) Deserts with extreme temperatures. D) Remote polar regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Areas with abundant freshwater, fertile soil, and major cities. 16. If many young adults migrate out of a rural area to the city, what will happen to the rural area's population pyramid? A) It will stay the same. B) It will show more babies. C) It will double every year. D) It will show more older people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It will show more older people. 17. What geographical feature is most associated with Ethiopia's population centers? A) Ethiopian Highlands. B) Simien Mountains. C) Great Rift Valley. D) Danakil Depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethiopian Highlands. 18. Which of the following is a secondary source A) Your passport. B) A how to video. C) Wikipedia. D) A letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wikipedia. 19. What is the term used to describe the movement of people out of a country? A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Migration. D) Exodus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emigration. 20. Baby Bust:What is the demographic event known as a "Baby Bust" ? A) A rise in immigration. B) A significant decline in birth rates. C) A boom in the elderly population. D) A sudden increase in birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A significant decline in birth rates. 21. Which is a factor affecting mortality? A) Lack of sex education. B) Children needed to work. C) Children look after parents when they are old. D) Access to clean water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Access to clean water. 22. Discuss the role of technology in managing population growth. A) Technology helps in providing efficient healthcare, education, family planning, access to information, and infrastructure development to manage population growth. B) Technology causes population decline. C) Technology leads to overpopulation. D) Technology has no impact on managing population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Technology helps in providing efficient healthcare, education, family planning, access to information, and infrastructure development to manage population growth. 23. Political divisions can often lead to Conflict (disagreement) among groups. One common reason for conflict is disagreements over: A) Citizens wanting government closer to home. B) Boundary lines. C) Encouraging new businesses. D) Solving local problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boundary lines. 24. What is a burial space issue in Japan? A) Lack of cemeteries. B) Preference for cremation. C) Limited access to burial services. D) High cost of burial plots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preference for cremation. 25. What is the fertility rate in Mexico? A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 26. Jaylynn has opened a restaurant serving strawberry desserts. Tien and Marcela are security guards at the restaurant. What business sector are they all apart of? A) Tertiary. B) Primary. C) Secondary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tertiary. 27. What does the Geography of Population examine about human populations? A) Their distribution across the world. B) Their language preferences. C) Their favorite foods. D) Their clothing styles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their distribution across the world. 28. This country covers two countires with MOST of the poulation living on the European side A) Russia. B) Germany. C) United Kingdom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 29. What is an economic system where only the government makes the economic decisions? A) Traditional economy. B) Free enterprise. C) Mixed economy. D) Command economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command economy. 30. To forgive someone for a crime is defined as A) Forgiveness. B) Thoughtful. C) Amnesty. D) Anmesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amnesty. 31. How many types of age pyramid are there? A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 32. Population distribution and density directly influence the decisions of governments and private businesses in which of the following ways? A) By determining where to build infrastructure and provide services. B) By controlling the weather patterns in a region. C) By increasing the number of natural resources available. D) By reducing the need for transportation networks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By determining where to build infrastructure and provide services. 33. How many Arab countries in Asia A) 22. B) 20. C) 14. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 34. Which Caribbean city has the highest population? A) Port-au-Prince. B) Kingston. C) Havana. D) Santo Domingo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Santo Domingo. 35. What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate? A) Lots of teens. B) Lots of childrenlots of children. C) Lots of elderly/older people. D) Lots of middle age people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lots of elderly/older people. 36. Where did COVID 19 start? A) Mexico. B) India. C) China. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 37. How might improvements in healthcare influence a country's position in the Demographic Transition Model? A) Cause population decline. B) Move the country from Stage 1 to Stage 2. C) Decrease birth rates. D) Increase death rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move the country from Stage 1 to Stage 2. 38. Which of the following is NOT a function of a town or city? A) Farming centers. B) Service centers. C) Manufacturing centers. D) Trade centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming centers. 39. What is the way of life for a group of people who share similar ways of thinking, believing, and living called? A) Migration. B) Culture. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culture. 40. Which factor is considered a "Pull Factor" for migration? A) Strict immigration laws in the destination country. B) Political instability in the home country. C) Natural disasters in the home country. D) Job availability in the destination country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Job availability in the destination country. 41. What was the policy introduced in China called? A) The One-Child Policy. B) The Two-Child Policy. C) The Chinese Population Restriction Policy for the Benefit of the Nation and the Release of the Oppressed. D) The Policy of Children for the Prevention of the Destruction of Law and Order in China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The One-Child Policy. 42. Which characteristic is typical of a more developed country? A) Low urbanization rate. B) Low GDP per capita. C) High infant mortality rate. D) Low death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Low death rate. 43. Why is the Bantu migration so important in the study of Africa? A) During the Bantu migration, the people refused to intermarry with Arabs or Muslims. B) The Bantu migration brought language and iron tools across Africa and allowed for better living conditions. C) The migration was a force of action by the African government in the North. D) The migration led to the first settlements in the Sahara. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bantu migration brought language and iron tools across Africa and allowed for better living conditions. 44. A refugee is a voluntary migrant. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. The number of deaths of children under the age of one per one thousand live births is ..... A) Infant Mortality Rate. B) Life Expectancy. C) Maternal Mortality Rate. D) Crude Death Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infant Mortality Rate. 46. How does a population pyramid help governments? A) They can decide which people are more important. B) They can monitor everyone in their country. C) They can make policies which can better prepare the country for the way the country will look in the future. D) They can guess how many people there will be in their country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They can make policies which can better prepare the country for the way the country will look in the future. 47. The number of elderly and young dependents who don't work compared with the working-age population. A) Dependency ratio. B) Dependency rate. C) Unemployed. D) Dependency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependency ratio. 48. How is the death rate measured? A) How long a person lives until they die. B) Deaths / 1000 people per year. C) Death rate / birth rate. D) Count the number of people who die in a decade and multiple by 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deaths / 1000 people per year. 49. Predict what could happen to doubling time in a country where the birth rate suddenly increases and the death rate stays low. A) Death rate will rise. B) Doubling time will get shorter. C) Doubling time will get longer. D) Population will stop growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doubling time will get shorter. 50. What did couples try to do to be allowed to keep two children? A) Have two children very close together and declare them twins. B) Adopt. C) Bribe the government. D) Become farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have two children very close together and declare them twins. 51. Which statement best describes the current population trend? A) Overall global population has plateaued. B) Overall global population has decreased. C) Overall global population has increased. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overall global population has increased. 52. What is a solution for housing challenges in Japan? A) Building larger homes. B) Multipurpose rooms with futons. C) Expanding rural areas. D) Increasing land prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multipurpose rooms with futons. 53. Money migrants send home is called: A) Subsidy. B) Capital flow. C) Remittance. D) GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remittance. 54. Which is a likely push factor for migration? A) More jobs with higher wages. B) War or political persecution. C) Family reunification abroad. D) Better schools and hospitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) War or political persecution. 55. If a country's population pyramid shows a narrow base and a wide top, what does this indicate about its birth rate and aging population? A) It indicates a low birth rate and an aging population. B) It indicates a high birth rate and a young population. C) It indicates a balanced birth rate and population age. D) It indicates a high birth rate and an aging population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It indicates a low birth rate and an aging population. 56. If you lived in Asia, you would most likely live in a(n) ..... A) House. B) Apartment. C) Townhouse. D) Condominium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apartment. 57. The number of people who live in a defined area. (Fill in the blank with the correct term) A) Birth Rate. B) Population Density. C) Migration. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population Density. 58. What is Transhumance Migration? A) Migration of nomadic herders moving livestock between high and low elevations based on seasons. B) Migration of people from rural to urban areas for better opportunities. C) Migration of people fleeing persecution or war. D) Migration of highly trained individuals to other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migration of nomadic herders moving livestock between high and low elevations based on seasons. 59. The number of people in a defined area such as a square kilometre A) Birth rate. B) Population density. C) Death rate. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population density. 60. Fill in the blank:The Agricultural Revolution began around ..... BCE as people started to first settle down into sedentary societies and farm. A) 2, 000. B) 20, 000. C) 5, 000. D) 10, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10, 000. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books